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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles W Mumme, Austin, TX (US);
Philip Gold, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Intermedics Orthopedics, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 79 ; 606 88 ; 606172 ; 4082 / ; 4081 / ;
Abstract
A patella planer for preparing a resected surface on a patella in a single operation. The patella planer has an adjustable stop which can be used on either side of the planer so that the planer may be used on the right or left knee. The adjustable stop has a floating zero pointer which can be set to accommodate varying thickness of the patient's patella. The amount of patella material to be removed can be selected by adjusting an offset stop pin.